– is a rhino a rhino without its hornread : dehorning rhinos reduces poaching by 80%, study finds
art ecology science & animals
By storm
EX-SITU
–”we protect each plant not because of its known value, but because we don’t know its potential importance yet.” read : sci-tech protect biological treasures
KOALA CORRIDORS
–In addition to community efforts, the private sector also has a crucial role to playread : australia is planting ‘koala corridors’ to save its beloved marsupials
PJWG
the mission of the pjwg is to develop and share the best available science to better understand, conserve, and manage pinyon jays and their habitat.read : pjwg
WARATAHS & FRIENDS
–”we are acting on advice and science to better protect plants, animals and ecosystems.” read : symbols of our nation
CELLS TO MOON
– “it’s good to have many plans, especially when it comes to saving biodiversity and life on earth” read : scientists want to send endangered species’ cells to the moon
WEIGHT OF WORDS
–to reduce their impacts, dorji and his colleagues also sample environmental dna, genetic material shed by organisms that is found in soil, water, faeces and other sources, to non-invasively track the presence of different species in a habitat read : harrowing trends
GENETIC SUCCESS
read : greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved
GAMBIERDISCUS
marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning behavior and dying in unusual numbers in florida watersread : scientists baffled amid bizarre fish behaviormore : gambierdiscus
TOP KILLER
– mountain lions have been shown to depress bighorn sheep populations beyond sierra nevada, from new mexico and texas to canada. what these otherwise varied ecosystems have in common is an absence of wolves. read: can the sierra nevada bighorn dodge extinction? it may mean reining in another wild animal
OPERATION NEST EGG
the key to this recovery program is poison — specifically, 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate), a nasty, odourless poison that is illegal in many other countries (but not australia or new zealand), due to its devastating effects on not just feral mammals, but also native species. without any native mammals to worry about in new zealand, however, and a program in place to deter inquisitive keas from picking up baits, there is great hope that such a radical eradication program will be successful. read : illegal poison is saving an animal
RISKY HAVENS
woylies (brush-tailed bettongs) are small marsupials that jump around like kangaroos. they improve soil health through their prolific digging; a single woylie can turn over about 5 ton soil each year. read : endangered animals released into the wild lack fitness to evade predators
worldsendangeredspecies 